Europe

5 more sailors rescued from sunken Russian ship
Five more sailors were rescued Monday from a Russian crab boat that capsized in the Sea of Japan with a crew of 30 Russians and Indonesians on board, ...
Swiss Jews fault president on Holocaust statement
Swiss Jewish groups are faulting the country's president for failing to address the neutral country's failings during World War II in a statement ...
UN official urges Spain to tackle racism
The U.N. expert on racism is urging Spain to take greater steps toward eliminating racist and discriminatory practices against migrants. U.N.
Berlusconi defends Mussolini for backing Hitler
Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi praised Benito Mussolini for "having done good" despite the Fascist dictator's anti-Jewish laws, immediately ...
UK lawmaker: Short skirts, high heels risk rape
A British lawmaker's suggestion that young women who wear high heels and short skirts put themselves at greater risk of rape has drawn widespread ...
Holocaust victims mourned at Auschwitz and beyond
Holocaust survivors, politicians, religious leaders and others marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Sunday with solemn prayers and the ...
Russian fishing ship capsizes, 20 sailors missing
A Russian fishing vessel has capsized in the Sea of Japan, and emergency officials say 20 Russian and Indonesian crew members are missing. The far ...
Bus crashes in eastern Portugal; 10 dead, 33 hurt
A bus crashed and fell into a ravine near the eastern Portuguese town of Serta, killing 11 people and injuring 32, officials said Sunday.
Report: UN doc links Britons to Somalia kidnapping
The Times of London says a secret section of a United Nations report has linked British citizens with Somali piracy. The newspaper says that a 2012 ...
Kosovo Albanians protest in capital
Ethnic Albanians are protesting in Kosovo's capital to show support for their ethnic kin in Serbia's tense southern sector. The protesters chanted ...
Norway's 4th missing hostage is dead in Algeria
The Norwegian energy company Statoil says a fourth Norwegian employee missing after a terror attack on a natural gas plant in Algeria has been ...
Officials: 10 workers die in Russia building fire
A fire ripped through a new Moscow building's underground parking lot on Saturday, killing 10 migrant workers and injuring 13 others who had been ...
Dozens detained in Azerbaijan protest
Dozens of demonstrators in Azerbaijan's capital were detained by police while attempting to hold an unsanctioned rally in support of protests this ...
Italian tourist arrested for refusing to pay bill
An Italian tourist who was accused of refusing to pay a tab at an upscale steakhouse said Friday that he had forgotten his wallet and didn't have ...
US ends civil society dialogue with Russia
The Obama administration said Friday it was pulling out of a civil society dialogue with Russia to protest the Kremlin's crackdown on dissent and new ...
France tells citizens to avoid Libya's Benghazi
France has added itself to the list of countries telling their citizens to avoid the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi. But the message from Paris, ...
Soldiers jailed in UK for importing guns, cocaine
Five Britons, including three soldiers, have been jailed for importing guns, ammunition and cocaine into the U.K. Prosecutor Alison Saunders said one ...
Norway says 3 missing hostages dead in Algeria
Norwegian energy company Statoil ASA said Friday that three Norwegian employees missing after a terror attack on a gas plant in Algeria have been ...
9 found guilty of fixing British horse races
Three professional footballers were among nine people banned from involvement in British horse racing for a combined total of 70 years on Friday after ...
Quake rattles north Italy, felt in Milan, Florence
A moderately-strong earthquake has rattled much of north-central Italy, including Milan skyscrapers, but authorities say first reports indicate there ...
Pope tweets shout-out for WDC anti-abortion rally
Pope Benedict XVI is giving a shout-out to an anti-abortion rally in Washington, tweeting that politicians should protect the unborn and "promote a ...
2 convicted of al-Qaida membership in Germany
A German and an Austrian have been convicted of membership in al-Qaida and sentenced to several years in prison. Yusuf Ocak, 27, from Luebeck, ...
Arson destroys Austrian Turkish culture center
Police say that one or more arsonists have torched a Turkish community center in Vienna. Nobody was injured in the attack but Murat Barlan, who runs ...
Frenchwoman freed from Mexican prison: I was naive
The Frenchwoman who returned home this week after seven years in a Mexican prison said that she was naive to take up with a man accused of running a ...
Spanish daily halts edition with fake Chavez photo
The leading Spanish newspaper El Pais withdrew and reprinted its Thursday edition after discovering that its front-page exclusive photograph ...